/*
MISC CLEANING-AFTER-MICROSOFT STUFF

isUndefined(v)
    returns true if [v] is not defined, false otherwise

    IE 5.0 does not support the undefined keyword, so we cannot do a direct
    comparison such as v===undefined.
*/
// MISC CLEANING-AFTER-MICROSOFT STUFF

function isUndefined(v) {
    var undef;
    return v===undef;
}


// These defaults should be changed the way it best fits your site
var _POPUP_FEATURES = 'location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,width=600,height=486';

function raw_popup(url, target, features) {
    // pops up a window containing url optionally named target, optionally having features
    if (isUndefined(features)) features = _POPUP_FEATURES;
    //if (isUndefined(target  )) target   = '_blank';
		//hidden to avoid new window for each link - must fix
    var theWindow = window.open(url, target, features);
    theWindow.focus();
    return theWindow;
}

function link_popup(src, features) {
    // to be used in an html event handler as in: <a href="..." onclick="link_popup(this,...)" ...
    // pops up a window grabbing the url from the event source's href
    return raw_popup(src.getAttribute('href'), src.getAttribute('target') || '_blank', features);
}